Rake



March 29, 1932. J. s. KAPOSY RAKE Filed June 29, 1929 glwvanto o r l atented Man 29, 1932 JOHN s. xAPos or anrnenroitr; CONNECTICUT RAKE Application filed June 29,

v This invention relates to an improved rake, and has for an object to provide an improved lawn or garden rake which will havespringw teeth which will thoroughly remove 16' lawn clippings, leaves and trash, even though the raked surface be very irregular without tearing or digging up and injuring the raked surface such as sod.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved means of aflixing the cross bar to the handle which will be simple of assembly yet hold it firmly. I

It is another object of the invention to provide a rake construction whichimay be made .15 verylight in weight.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain .novel features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be'more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawings. I

In the drawings, 1 V

Fig. 1 is a back plan View of a rake-constituting an embodiment of this invention,

the handle being broken away. i r i Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross section on-line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary the rake face looking in the direction of arrow 3 on Fig. 2. 1

Fig. 4: is a fragmentary end plan View lookingin the direction of arrow 4 on Fig.2.

Fig.7 5 is a perspective view of one end of the spacing straph I Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but shows a modified form.

There is shown at 10 the end of a rake handle of the usual length, the'handle end 7 being split into two portions 11 and 12 havends 13 and Mars held in place in appropriate recesses in a cross bar 15" by a twisted wire 16 connecting the cross barto a ferrule three-eighths' of an inch wide with the spaces about one and one-quarter inches, butit will,

' varied as foundidesirable.

front plan view of" 1929. {Serial no. 374,752.

o'a handle 10, the ferrule alsd servin to prevent handle 10. from any tendency to accidently split. p I w a 1 Flat strips 18 of verythin springmetal; are afiixed to; the cross bar 15 by means of tacks 19 passing through one' end of the strips, their other ends being' bent or hooked v .at right angles'formingjteeth 20. To hold a the teeth in parallel relation to eachother, as well as to reenfo'rc'e them, aspacing strip 21 is affixed over the strip. '18 to the cross bar 15 by tacks 22 passing'therethrough between the strips 18 andhas" spacing fingers 23 passing between the'st'rips 18 and bentat right angles about the cross bar 15; To further reenfor'c'e I the individual teeth, a flat stripJs-pring 24 of similar material to strips '18 is held between the strip. 18 and the cross 'bar15 and projects to make the-teeth 18 of'flat' spring metal about one-thirty second ofgan inch thick and between the teeth of about the same width.

four inches long and the upright portion of course, be understood that this 1s merely an example and that'the dimensions may be.

In Fig. 6,-there is-shown a modified form 7 having the same cross'bar'15, spacing and securing strip '21 and reenforcing springs 24:, but inthis form the strips 30, corresponding to, strip '18 and having teeth 20, have their"- other ends bent or hooked about the cross bar 15 as at are afiixed thereto by "tacks32 p j In operation, the rakemaybe raked across '90 a lawn, andteeth-20"willlgather up the trash I and leaves. Due to their thinness, resiliency and flat strip like form, they are very flex-1 ible, and will ride over any irregularities in the lawnsurface,'the 'reenforcing springs K2 1; preventing the teethffij'oi'n'flexing too far 'ing reduced ends 13 and 14. The reduced I M V V "iteethbreaking I have *found'this raketoflbe and reenforcing the earnest as to prevent the very effective i'n' removing leavesand so forth i The horizontal portion of the teeth'was about lwithout injury to thesod surface and also for attaching the cross bar to the handle.

and an improved set of teeth which is very economical to manufacture and'assemble and V which is very efiicient in use.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, What is claimed is:

1. A rake comprising a handle, a cross bar affixed thereto, thin fiat spring metal strips having one of their ends affixed to said cross bar, said strips being arranged in parallel relation to each other, the other ends ofsaid strips being bent at an angle to form rake teeth, means for reenforcing said strips on afiixed to said cross bar, said strips being arranged in parallel relation to each other, the other ends of said strips being bent at an angle to form rake teeth, the affixed ends of the teeth strips being bent about the cross bar, means for reenforcing said strips on said cross bar'comprisinga' spacing strip, spaced fingers on sa1d spacing strip bent at right angles thereto about the cross bar and passing between said teeth strips, and aflixing means securing said spacing strip to the cross bar.

, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN S. KAPOSY.

said cross bar comprising a spacing strip passing over a plurality ofthe teeth, spaced fingers on said spacing strip bent at an angle thereto about the cross bar and passing between said teeth strips, affixing means passing through saidspacing strip to the cross bar, short flat reenforcing springs held between the teeth strips and the cross bar and extending parallel'to the teeth strips beyond the cross bar.

2. A rake comprising a handle, a cross bar afiixed thereto, thin fiat spring metal strips having one of their ends afiixed to said cross bar, said strips being arranged in parallel relation to each other, the other ends of said strips being'bent at an angle to form rake teeth, the aifixed ends of the teeth strips being bent at an angle about the crossbar, means for reenforcing. said strips on said cross bar comprising a spacing strip, spaced fingers on said spacing strip bent at an angle thereto about the cross bar and passing between said teeth strips, affixing means passing'through said spacing strip to the crossbar, short fiat reenforcing springs held between theteeth strips and the cross bar and extending parallel to theteeth strips beyond the cross bar.

3. 'A rake comprising a cross bar, thin flat spring metal strips having one of their ends affixed to said cross bar, said strips being arranged in parallel relation to each other,

the other ends of said strips being bent at right angles to. form rake teeth,'means for reenforcing sa1d strips on saidcross bar comprising a spacing strip, spaced fingers on said spacing strip bent at right angles thereto about the cross bar and passing between said teeth strips, and aflixing means securing sa1d spaclng strip to the cross bar. 7

4:. A rake comprlsing a cross bar, thin fiat 7 spring metal'strips having one of their ends 

